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HKG Hong Kong ⇄ BKK Bangkok

Hong Kong International Airport (Hong Kong) and Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thailand): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,690 km1,050 mi912 nautical miles
HKG → BKK3 hestimated block time
BKK → HKG2 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hBangkok vs Hong Kong, today
Great-circle route from Hong Kong (HKG) to Bangkok (BKK)HKGHong KongBKKBangkok
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

HKG → BKK

3 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 238° (WSW).

Leave Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

BKK → HKG

2 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 54° (NE).

Leave Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,690 km · 1,050 mi · 912 nmi
Initial heading238° (WSW) from HKG; 54° (NE) from BKK
Farthest from the equator22.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

HKGAsia/Hong_Kong — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
BKKAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBangkok is 1 hour behind Hong Kong today.

Jet lag, flying HKG → BKK. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

HKG Hong Kong International AirportHong Kong, Hong Kong · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m BKK Suvarnabhumi AirportBangkok, Thailand · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from HKG and BKK

HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 mi · 3 h 20 min HKGNRT Hong Kong – Tokyo 2,962 km1,841 mi · 4 h 10 min CDGHKG Paris – Hong Kong 9,590 km5,959 mi · 11 h 10 min SFOHKG San Francisco – Hong Kong 11,128 km6,915 mi · 14 h 50 min JFKHKG New York – Hong Kong 12,970 km8,059 mi · 15 h 55 min BKKCNX Bangkok – Chiang Mai 597 km371 mi · 1 h 45 min BKKHAN Bangkok – Hanoi 995 km618 mi · 2 h 10 min SINBKK Singapore – Bangkok 1,417 km880 mi · 2 h 40 min DOHBKK Doha – Bangkok 5,280 km3,281 mi · 6 h 45 min SYDBKK Sydney – Bangkok 7,515 km4,669 mi · 9 h 50 min LHRBKK London – Bangkok 9,578 km5,951 mi · 11 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

LGWDBV London – Dubrovnik 1,690 km1,050 mi · 2 h 50 min LGWFAO London – Faro 1,688 km1,049 mi · 3 h 05 min DFWLAS Dallas–Fort Worth – Las Vegas 1,695 km1,053 mi · 3 h 10 min MIASJU Miami – San Juan 1,682 km1,045 mi · 2 h 50 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).